Beautiful Confusion

1.04.2010

me: i own more clothes than any other person

notoriousfirst: dude i own a lot

its sickening

me: ok

me: i own more clothes than any other person

notoriousfirst: dude i own a lot

its sickening

me: ok. can we have a little support group chat. i own a LAWYER wardrobe and a TOUR wardrobe and then athletic gear and then a normal wardrobe. the bold ones are like entire other wardrobes normal people dont havenotoriousfirst: hustle work gear on tour

me: HAHAHAHHAA

notoriousfirst: "headie suit seperates"

1 for 50

tour kids would look so puzzled but kind of be interested I bet

me: oh my god some dick would be wearing one of my blazers to new years as a zoot suit

4.12.2009

no otter

3.21.2009

So its 1:20 am and im writing a merger white paper and raging the hampton phish shows. I didnt know it was possible to simultaneously think "How did my life go so wrong?" and "How did my life go so right?".

3.06.2009

from the nyt article on phish, speaking about coventry: “If there was ever a concert that represented a band smacking into a wall, that was it,” Phish’s drummer, Jon Fishman, said. “I think that was one of the great train wrecks in live concert history.”

In other weird phish reunion nostalgia:

I was going through my files for taxes and cleaning. I was shredding old credit card statements and found one:

2.10.2009

2.09.2009

most relevant paragraph ever -

The Springsteen ticket debacle came during a busy news week in the ticketing world: Live Nation experienced problems during its new ticketing system’s first major test — the anxiously anticipated Phish comeback tour. And earlier today the Wall Street Journal reported that a possible merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster could become final as early as next week. Responding to that possibility, Springsteen told fans it would be “returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing,” which he and his team oppose.

2.05.2009

2.01.2009

They were just interviewing Troy Polamalu about his hair and asked if hes a different person with his hair down and he said "Once i was in the grocery store and my rubber band broke and I saw this woman and her baby and I just tackled them and left the store in handcuffs."

1.31.2009

A model that i saw when i performed Greased Lightening at the Limelight when I was twelve. At least, I think this happened. I told Paul the story randomly and thanks to modern technology, drew it, took a photo, and then sent the photo to Serbia in the normal cadence of conversations.

1.27.2009

TAMPA, Fla. -- Troy Polamalu, when asked to put into his own words the existential meaning of the "Pittsburgh Legacy," came up with this:

"It is to carry on that blue-collar tradition. It has never been a legacy of success, though we have had success. It is a legacy of mentality. I can never see another team having the same relationship with a city that the Steelers have with Pittsburgh."

1.23.2009

paul wanted to know if i posted this

Henchmen/Henchwoman Needed 6 Month Contract (GTA)

I've been trying to think of ways to spice up my life. I'm 35 years old, happily married with two kids and I have a good job in insurance. But somethings missing. I feel like I'm old before my time. I need to inject some excitement into my daily routine through my arm before its too late. I need a challenge, something to get the adrenaline pumping again. An addiction would be nice, but, in short, I need a nemesis. I'm willing to pay $350 up front and $350 after six months for you services as an arch enemy. Nothing crazy. Steal my parking space, knock my coffee over, trip me when Im running to catch the Go train and occasionaly whisper in my ear, "Ahha, we meet again". That kind of thing. Just keep me on my toes. Complacency will be the death of me. You need to have an evil streak and be blessed with innate guile and cunning. You should also be adept at inconsicuous pursuit. Evil laugh preferred. Send me a photo and a brief explanation why you would be a good nemesis.

1.20.2009

So after inauguration i came home and half of my law school was watching the parade on the news channels and fighting over which msnbc/cnn people they love/hate. They were getting really angry at at various announcers for reasons I couldnt grasp and all i could say was "that sounds like me watching joe buck announce an NFC game." I guess that makes Troy Aikman Fox News...

1.14.2009

For work today I have to keep repeatedly writing about steel price increases due to the lifting of tariffs on imports. Except I keep typing "Steelers" instead of "steel". I am not at all joking. Thank god for find and replace.

1.13.2009

this person should be my friend

1.10.2009

1.06.2009

from daniel

yeah its about the making of Fitzcarraldo- I still haven't seen it. Herzog is a maniac, and brilliant, and hilarious. And Kinski is Kinski. I have a copy of My Best Fiend my brother gave me- maybe I'll watch it tonight. The article that turned me on to the dynamic is actually a New Yorker review of the autiobiographical/delusional episode cum narrative Kinski Uncut that you can find here:

Episodes recorded inKinski Uncut fall into four categories: 1) sexual encounters with hundreds of women, beautiful and ugly, young and old, in a grotesque pornographic idiom that excludes sensual pleasure; 2) Céline-esque voyages of degradation and misery, often involving vomit, excrement, and delirium; 3) excoriations of incompetent directors, producers, writers, actors, journalists, and generally, all individuals who are not Kinski; 4) bouts of self-righteousness mixed with intense self-loathing

12.11.2008

fitzcarraldo is the zeitgeist

my dad told me about how he spend the entire day moving some pipe that had caused the house to floodin its malfunction

"it was great i was all in the mud wading around with my hands in the mud. i was like one of those people under the boat in fitzcarraldo!""thats so awesome, i wish my life was like that. was some crazy german was yelling at you while you were lying there dead? oh wait, that is my life!""it was so bad, you know how when youre down there it really smells? oh wait you dont. good bye"

in other days news, we have really really sentitive speakerphones. sometimes ill answer mine and the music wil be on in the background. john called today and i was listening to phish and it was crowd noise and he said "wtf? do you just play a soundtrack of people cheering for you while you work all day?!" i am very into this idea.

and lastly i told liz about how sometimes i get in this mood where i manically lov everyone and then i cant go to bed because im too happy about humanity. she offerred to make me a happy jar to put by my bed at night that i can put my happy in to go to sleep.

12.04.2008

since my away message was "less layoffs. more hugs."

12.02.2008

my home without me

11.30.2008

youre not cold if your team is winning

We went to the giants game. it was very wet. i screamed alot of things about generally hating DC. we kept asking this kid to take our picture and after the 5th one i realized he has no index finger and felt terrible.

11.17.2008

Polamalu is the zeitgeist: from dad.

the phone rang right after the Pittsburgh game ended and we were just sitting down to eat so i let it ring....afterwards i thought that it was you and had i answered you would have said:"Troy Palamalu" and hung up...